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A neon light installation by artist Alicia Eggert in the Smithsonian Institute reads in hot pink lettering: this present moment used to be the unimaginable future.

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January 15, 2026

The Future Is Not Written. It Is Ours to Create.

After one year of President Trump’s second term, let’s challenge ourselves to imagine and bring to life a much, much better future.

Gretchen Goldman
President and CEO of UCS

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January 15, 2026

One Year of the Trump Administration’s All-Out Assault on Climate and Clean Energy

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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January 14, 2026

Divide and Destroy: A New Year of the Trump Administration’s Authoritarianism

Jennifer Jones
Program Director, Center for Science & Democracy

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Crazy Hot Days, Crazy Warm Nights: A New Study on Climate Change in California’s Central Valley

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Climate Change Is Boring

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August 20, 2015

Cheap Renewable Energy is Here. Why Doesn’t The Grid Plan For It?

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August 20, 2015

Let’s Talk Trash: What the EPA’s Methane Rules Lack on Landfills

David Babson
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August 19, 2015

Americans Agree School Lunch Isn’t Broken (So, Congress, Don’t “Fix” It)

Karen Perry Stillerman
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August 19, 2015

WSPA Lies: Oil Companies Are At It Again… And California Is The Target

Adrienne Alvord
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August 18, 2015

Humanity’s “Need” for “Food” in 2050

Doug Boucher
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August 18, 2015

Why Community-Based Research Matters to Science and People

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August 18, 2015

Browns Ferry Barbeque

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August 17, 2015

Doing More to Protect Frontline Communities Ten Years After Katrina

Rachel Cleetus
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August 17, 2015

Hurricane Katrina, Ten Years Later: How a Country that Bore Witness Still Plays Business as Usual

Erika Spanger
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August 14, 2015

Not Just Another Powerpoint: More Tips to Bring Presentations to Life

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August 14, 2015

“The Coke Side of Life”—More Sugar, Less Science

Deborah Bailin
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August 14, 2015

Remembering Jack Gibbons, Science Policy Titan

Michael Halpern
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August 14, 2015

Transparency is Great, Harassment is Worth Preventing: A Response to Paul Thacker and Charles Seife

Aaron Huertas
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August 13, 2015

Most States Well on the Path to Comply with Final Clean Power Plan

Jeremy Richardson
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August 12, 2015

How News Outlets Factchecked the U.S. Chamber’s Flawed Clean Power Plan Numbers

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August 11, 2015

The SPOM High Carbon Stock Study: A New Square Wheel

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August 11, 2015

Planes, Trains & Automobiles – Lessons from the NTSB

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August 10, 2015

Community Connections: Scientist-Citizens Have a Critical Role to Play

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August 7, 2015

Shell Leaves ALEC, Improves Consistency on Climate Lobbying

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August 7, 2015

Four Ways the Final Clean Power Plan Limits the Rush to Natural Gas

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August 7, 2015

EPA Expands the Role of Renewable Energy in the Final Clean Power Plan

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